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<h2 CLASS=sect1><A CLASS="TITLE" NAME="JNUT2-CH-29-SECT-10">29.10 java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols (JDK 1.1)</A></h2>

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This class defines the various characters and strings, such
as the decimal point, percent sign, and thousands separator,
used by <tt CLASS=literal>DecimalFormat</tt> when formatting numbers. You
do not typically use this class directly unless you are
formatting dates for an unsupported locale or in some highly
customized way.

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public final class <tt CLASS=literal>DecimalFormatSymbols</tt> extends Object implements Cloneable, Serializable {
    // <tt CLASS=literal>Public Constructors</tt>
            public <tt CLASS=literal>DecimalFormatSymbols</tt>();
            public <tt CLASS=literal>DecimalFormatSymbols</tt>(Locale <tt CLASS=literal>locale</tt>);
    // <tt CLASS=literal>Public Instance Methods</tt>
            public Object <tt CLASS=literal>clone</tt>();  //<tt CLASS=literal> Overrides Object</tt>
            public boolean <tt CLASS=literal>equals</tt>(Object <tt CLASS=literal>obj</tt>);  //<tt CLASS=literal> Overrides Object</tt>
            public char <tt CLASS=literal>getDecimalSeparator</tt>();
            public char <tt CLASS=literal>getDigit</tt>();
            public char <tt CLASS=literal>getGroupingSeparator</tt>();
            public String <tt CLASS=literal>getInfinity</tt>();
            public char <tt CLASS=literal>getMinusSign</tt>();
            public String <tt CLASS=literal>getNaN</tt>();
            public char <tt CLASS=literal>getPatternSeparator</tt>();
            public char <tt CLASS=literal>getPerMill</tt>();
            public char <tt CLASS=literal>getPercent</tt>();
            public char <tt CLASS=literal>getZeroDigit</tt>();
            public int <tt CLASS=literal>hashCode</tt>();  //<tt CLASS=literal> Overrides Object</tt>
            public void <tt CLASS=literal>setDecimalSeparator</tt>(char <tt CLASS=literal>decimalSeparator</tt>);
            public void <tt CLASS=literal>setDigit</tt>(char <tt CLASS=literal>digit</tt>);
            public void <tt CLASS=literal>setGroupingSeparator</tt>(char <tt CLASS=literal>groupingSeparator</tt>);
            public void <tt CLASS=literal>setInfinity</tt>(String <tt CLASS=literal>infinity</tt>);
            public void <tt CLASS=literal>setMinusSign</tt>(char <tt CLASS=literal>minusSign</tt>);
            public void <tt CLASS=literal>setNaN</tt>(String <tt CLASS=literal>NaN</tt>);
            public void <tt CLASS=literal>setPatternSeparator</tt>(char <tt CLASS=literal>patternSeparator</tt>);
            public void <tt CLASS=literal>setPerMill</tt>(char <tt CLASS=literal>perMill</tt>);
            public void <tt CLASS=literal>setPercent</tt>(char <tt CLASS=literal>percent</tt>);
            public void <tt CLASS=literal>setZeroDigit</tt>(char <tt CLASS=literal>zeroDigit</tt>);
}
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DecimalFormat(), 
DecimalFormat.setDecimalFormatSymbols()

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DecimalFormat.getDecimalFormatSymbols()

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